I haven't had much to write about lately, on any of the blogs I contribute to. I don't know if it's burn out or the winter that never ends or what, but I'm definitely feeling a lot of ennui. Malaise. A complete lack of ability to write anything resembling sense.

So I thought I'd open it up and see if there's anything you want to ask me or have questions about. I know, kind of lame, but I need a good, hard shove to get the ball rolling again.

I've been going to the Y for the last month or so. I do Nautilus weights and cardio stuff for about an hour and half, five days a week. I haven't lost any weight, which is kind of depressing, but I feel better. Stronger. It's good. Olivia's been wanting to take swimming lessons, so when those open again, I'm going to sign her up. She really needs to do some sort of exercise. Right now, all she does is walk the dog.

I'm hoping I can get her into exercising. Not constantly, but I'd like to get her into the habit of it. This weekend was a big road race in our city and she was surprised to see a few of her friends running in it. It seemed to spark her interest in moving a little bit more, in doing more than the minimum that she's doing right now. I hope I can encourage that. Of course, anything I suggest is the kiss of death right now, because she's 13 and I am SO not cool and I don't know anything. Good grief, teenagers are annoying at times.

I'm going to take her with me when she has April school vacation and see how she likes it. And I'll sign her up for swimming as soon as the new classes get going. Hopefully it will be the start of a lifetime habit for her.